Eric Liu Quotes
If the undocumented have to work hard to attain citizenship, those of us who already are citizens should have to work hard to sustain it. We should all have to serve more, vote more, build more, and do more for our country.
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I think you grow up every year, every day. You learn something new and try to really worry about what's important in life.
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Our children will outwit us if they want; for when it comes to technology, they hold the higher ground. Unlike other tools passed carefully and ceremonially from one generation to the next - the sharp scissors, the car keys - this is one they understand better than we do.
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I love being the mayor. I want to be the mayor forever.
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Christmas is, of course, the time to be home - in heart as well as body.
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My personal view is that I am opposed to the death penalty.
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Unfortunately, America doesn't have a minister of culture, and I don't understand why. It's really bad for young people.
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A man's motive in the small actions of daily life, like resting a moment on his pitchfork in the sun and listening intently, may be the most important thing about that man.
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There's a lot of stress... but once you get in the car, all that goes out the window.
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I don't care about the quality of the film as a whole, but I loved 'Salt.' I loved it!
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I've always thought of myself as a character actor, even though I've played some leading-man roles.
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Never stop fighting until you arrive at your destined place - that is, the unique you. Have an aim in life, continuously acquire knowledge, work hard, and have perseverance to realise the great life.
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I don't understand people who dream in black and white. I just don't get it. My dreams have always been vivid color.
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I wasn't being bullied at school at this point. I had a group of friends, and I was isolated because I wasn't communicating with my parents. I wasn't telling them what I was going through.
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I think who you are in school really sticks with you.
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I'm not worried at all about going to 160 lb.
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What becomes a crime deserving capital punishment when the tables are turned is a matter of small moment when the negro woman is the accusing party.
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I'm a terrific mimic, and you can feel my funny bone.
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Living the past is a dull and lonely business; looking back strains the neck muscles, causing you to bump into people not going your way.
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People negotiate their way around how a human mind works and find blind points. That's how people steal effectively.
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Any opportunity to get into fashion and find a beautiful dress, I'm very definitely excited about that.
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The shrewd guess, the fertile hypothesis, the courageous leap to a tentative conclusion - these are the most valuable coins of the thinker at work. But in most schools guessing is heavily penalized and is associated somehow with laziness.
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We're all human beings, and we all have the same problems. I do remember how blessed I am, and no matter how bad things are, they can always get worse.
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I also have an idea for a book on biodiversity, and why and how we should be conserving it.
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If the undocumented have to work hard to attain citizenship, those of us who already are citizens should have to work hard to sustain it. We should all have to serve more, vote more, build more, and do more for our country.
